Размышления
Book 11
Thetownmouseandthecountrymouse.Distressandagitationofthetownmouse.
23.Socratesusedtocallpopularbeliefs"themonstersunderthebed"—onlyusefulforfrighteningchildrenwith.
24.AtfestivalstheSpartansputtheirguests’seatsintheshade,butsatthemselvesdownanywhere.
25.SocratesdecliningPerdiccas’sinvitation"soastoavoiddyingathousanddeaths"(byacceptingafavorhecouldn’tpayback).
26.ThisadvicefromEpicureanwritings:tothinkcontinuallyofoneofthemenofoldwholivedavirtuouslife.
27.ThePythagoreanstellustolookatthestarsatdaybreak.Toremindourselveshowtheycompletethetasksassignedthem—alwaysthesametasks,thesameway.Andtheirorder,purity,nakedness.Starswearnoconcealment.
28.Socratesdressedinatowel,thetimeXanthippetookhiscloakandwentout.Thefriendswhowereembarrassedandavoidedhimwhentheysawhimdressedlikethat,andwhatSocratessaidtothem.
29.Masteryofreadingandwritingrequiresamaster.Stillmoresolife.
30."...Foryou/Arebutaslaveandhavenoclaimtologos."
31."Butmyheartrejoiced."
32."Andjeeratvirtuewiththeirtauntsandsneers."
33.Stupidityisexpectingfigsinwinter,orchildreninoldage.
34.Asyoukissyoursongoodnight,saysEpictetus,whispertoyourself,"Hemaybedeadinthemorning
